In Welcome to the council meeting. For sort of business or pledge allegiance. I
think is the way the United States of America. Really just stands one
nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Welcome everybody. Roco Mr Bell it's spare me here
here. There is just here they. Don't
change is there will be one of the items will be pulled from the Planning
Commission consent will be item number three and I do not believe there are any
other changes. To the agenda announcements as read I just want to point out that
the Finance Committee will be meeting
a week from tomorrow evening at five o'clock just about an hour before the safety
regular safety and public properties meeting at six P.M.
We have one set of minutes from August twentieth of the twenty twelve to be
approved move to approve them in Bel second because when Russo any further
discussion roll call Mr Bell Yes Yes This is me yes Mr Money yes yes yes
yes OK we have lot of comments from the audience any comments from the audience.
Or the walking. That
evening Jim Covington chairman of the so one chamber of commerce. First I'd like
to thank the city of Seoul and from the chamber and be at the chamber for the home
day celebration the Akron Aeros thanking Akron arrows for hosting this on days down
there two great events that the chamber had good response from the city and that's
the kind of things that we are excited about doing is more things involving this
city which brings me to the next exciting news October third. The
city is invited to this second cash mob that the Chamber is going to
sponsor it will be. Again at five o'clock on October third.
We obviously will not announce where we are having it or. I would probably
be excommunicated So I it is
a yeah it's going to be surprised but the last one actually this city is so on and
the cash mob was on the Internet international news about the first cash mob being
held and so on so we're excited by way of great. News media coverage of it so we're
excited about this next one so it's open to all the. People in the city of so all
the residents and so mark on your calendars October third it will be our second
chamber of commerce. Thank you. Any further comments from the audience.
OK brings us to. Number one hundred and number one is
a. Subdivision like an estate subdivision located in the southwest
corner of Miles' road and. Requested by Randy Curtiss. OK
We do have was scheduled a public hearing this evening so I would open
a public hearing and request that if anyone's here to speak on item number one
please come to the podium. First I want to see if any residents were here to speak
on item one God or you can come on up and just make your name your address.
It was here before. Welcome back over to Adam my it is and my address is fifty
fifty three Neptune drive I've been a part of that area as
a resident and as the daughter of the man who started the swimming club there the
problem there is it started it was
a farm and they bought it with the idea of having
a swimming club and there were nine members that bought it and then later to graft
out there is seven left well the thing is it was farmland and
these people that bought it all had homes in the city for which they were still
paying taxes and everything they had to raise money therefore they built their own
worlds and they made lots have lots made and sold the lats which was with
Westwood all plus each one of the members got one and that this was.
Later dedicated to the city of Solon and they took over the maintenance in the
beginning all the main That's was done by the Neptune club everything the problem
is that when they built the world. It was never quite completed with
sewers and water or anything and we are still left without city water.
And facing the way. It still is quite pristine and it's being
fed by spring fed Lakes Springs throughout the lake because
if you noticed in the drive it never went down it just maintained
a regular level so I promise that we would like to see that maintained without
having that I catch basin or anything quests we don't know what will be done about
the city water we also do not have street lights or sidewalks or anything none of
the city amenities I think that's about what I wanted to bring out that. It was
farmland the end it was Jerry and over it I mean we tried to make it
a nice little pristine area and now we don't know what's going to happen
either any questions or anything and. If you have any questions OK thank you
thank you for your comment any further comments and any
further comments Mr Curtis Well I'm going to close the public are there not for the
I'll close the public hearing and then we'll have
a discussion on the project OK I will close the public hearing
and bring it back. What I want Robert if you don't mind just giving
a brief overview and then I'm going to have Mr Curtis. Thank you
yeah just to show you real quick the property that we're talking about it said
twenty one. Point nine six acres in it is at the corner of miles road and
Neptune drive will be
a single street that will go in depth to an oval to show you real quickly on
a. Limb here and say plan.
This is we're into the way the aerial was it oriented so Maoz road Neptune drive
our little Neptune oval a total of thirty lines within
a subdivision with. In compliance with the zoning classification of either one acre
lots one of the property one of the lights would not front on Neptune oval they
would front on the year and
a can drive and the only remaining issue this one was at city council were referred
back to the Planning Commission I do to an issue with
a easement for sanitary sewer and that issue I believe has been worked out over you
don't have the final documents at this point OK All right any questions for
Rob at this juncture I want to we have Mr Curtis Come on up and discuss the project
and please feel free anybody to chime in and ask questions. Brandy
Curtis I'm the developer the count of property and my home address is forty
three orchard circle orange Village Ohio. As Rob informed you we are.
Planning on developing the property into thirteen lots there are no variances
requested they all comply with the city requirements for lot size.
The way they said the homes are proposed to sit on the lots there are no variances
proposed it will utilize city water storm sewers sanitary
sewers as far as the sanitary sewer easement has been has been completed the
Pascals and I have Mrs Pascals here the C.
Evening she can confirm easement as is completed they've signed it I'll be signing
it in the morning and then I'll deliver
a copy to the city here as well so you'll have
a signed copy in your possession in the morning. Mr Pascal was out of town we just
had to wait for an email for him to confirm something to save me so we will be fine
flowing by gravity into the soul and sewers. On.
Through the Pascal's property onto the street behind and I'll show you how that
sits in just a second here. There's sort of
a blow up of that. We bring our sanitary sewer down from our street
were nice spent over here then we will be boring and connecting to an existing
manhole over here. To help screen the development in the
clearing in that area for the neighbors we have done and committed to and planning
and zoning as well is we're going to be putting
a little skate easement over here that will be written into our homeowner's
documents will be installing
a ten foot high blue spruces of walking the top of this ridge over here will be
also be installing additional spruces over the same size along the edge of
our detention base and over here to help screen that from view so that when they're
in their back yard here because of the clearing it will be. Nicer to look at
than the cleared area the part of the pines. That you know are green all year and
the easement is this little area here and I want to thank the lot of wrecker and
the engineer. And Dr Franklin who worked on this to get it done for the saving for
your meeting so it wouldn't be something that would be pending. One of the issues
that was of concern to not only Pascals but other people was drainage in that area
and by this development going in and get our development drawings here.
She would not so get those and refuse.
Their. Currently is water that dumps out onto our property about
a five acre drainage area over here currently comes across the property comes down
through the North Park estates and ends up going through the Pascals then getting
into the storm sewers and eventually working its way up to the basin. Rather than
continue that water of course we're cutting it off bring it down into our water
quality basin and then into the stream that it eventually gets to anyway so we're
diverting that. Water So we'll be pulling
a lot of water away from their properties that currently goes there additionally.
Your engineering department requires that we have storm drains along the property
here and a swale to take any of the little bit of water because
a ridge right about here that allows the water to drain backwards here so we'll be
picking up that water to keep it from going off our site into pipes. The storm
drains and then into I do tension basin where it will be stored and then slowly let
out into the existing waterway over here. The
area that you see over here those are the water course coming through here and the
conservation area that we're not going to be developing You can see that it's
defined in through here. We've already gotten our E.P.A.
Approval on the wetlands mitigation from the I.P.A.
The Army Corps asked for
a little bit of additional information right before the holiday and foresight
engineering who's handling that for us which is more of an engineering detail
wanted
a little bit more information before they issued that permit. We already have
a contract for both mitigation with the for the E.P.A.
And for the Army Corps with the wetland bank. It just appears that the Corps
instead of a one and a half to one ratio may want
a two to one ratio and in the additional information that they get today so.
That's essentially it should have gone out today or tomorrow so we would expect
that that final approval would be forthcoming shortly but that's more of the
working drawings as to how that would be handled and. We're here for the the plant
approval so you can see the building areas those are great in over here
where sort of typical houses are proposed on each of the lots.
If there are any other questions I'll be happy to answer them. Yes You know people
a few questions Randi I mean I've been involved in this and so it started it's my
ward. I know that she will know people in North Park
a majority of them are very concerned about this development coming in with the
flooding it's
a concern of mine. John council for that long but I've already seen developments
where one's gone and it's caused flooding because like going downstream. I mean I
see you know you have you have basins and I've talked to your engineer and I know
your feeling is that some of the stuff you do may help. The flooding.
In North Park. You know I'd like I say I'm still not real comfortable with it I'm
concerned for those people I don't want. You know them to get flooding again just
the way of the land it's going to go right down to one. I your concern has been
my concern and their concern has been my concern we've worked with your engineering
department on requirements and. I talked to John over the sea evening when we get
into our final working drawings of any just been surreal quested by Mr Bush in
engineering I asked him today John is there anything that you've ever asked me to
do that I've said no and he said no that I whatever he needs I I do for right now
because I'd rather be safe than sorry I know that your requirements now eyes are
the final drawings that approvals require an insurance binder insurance policy
covering any. Problems from downstream water so that
the city will have it as well. I've told the Pascals when I met with them
last week they have my cell phone my office number because when we do construction
there could be a time when
a cell fence gets knocked down there happen to do it all the time they love to do
it and they only do it right before it rains so if there's ever a problem get
a hold of me we've got crews that work in our. Buildings around the corner
maintenance people they can get out there in
a hurry so if something isn't right we'll make it right we did that when we
developed around the summer seen us anytime there was
a question or problem we had crews out there even in middle of the night to check
things out and make sure that things were taken care of so whatever the engineering
department has requested we've incorporated this point into gear. And it goes to
one of the comments we're putting aside walked on our side of. Neptune drive it at
it as part of the requirements so they'll be
a sidewalk on our side of the street so that will be there that people won't have
to walk in the street thing cross over get on the sidewalk and walk safely Oh well
you have lights in your well whatever the requirements are from the city I don't
know from on the residential they need bus. Push but that's part of the subdivision
requirements they are required to provide lighting since they are having one lot
that fronts on the turn technically he would have to provide street lighting there
as well but that would that would cover the entire Neptune street though
it's almost in the middle so it sort of will help if it's totally dark there and
whatever the requirements are for lighting will be shown on our final plan and we
work with
a clip electrical rate and put those polls in. And then I just have one other
question about the like. I mean is your plan to try to keep. We want we want to
clean up the first one that's pretty stagnant over there clean that up fix the
inlets and outlets I know that those are part of the PL in our design are ready.
Finished cleaning up the bigger one which is sort of clean right now but it needs
some more clinic or so the area around it. Enhance IT landscape it and we're going
to be maintaining the two of them because the water from the one years ago used to
go into the other and then down into the creek and out O.
So. We're going to try to make them look. As if they were an amenity to the
development I don't think anybody's going to go swimming there anymore but we'll be
clean and they make sure that the area for those ponds the pines over here the
landscaping at this basin in the maintenance of the basin and our water quality
basin. All that will be part of our homeowner's documents that will be
the minutes of the planning and lot of engineering for review whatever the proper
procedure is to make sure they're comfortable with our planned maintenance of those
areas in the future so that it doesn't become
a burden to the city I mean I have to say you've been very good Mr Chris I mean all
the meetings here you talk to the residents and you know I've been thank you for
that and. It's my pleasure to hear what they have to say because if there is my
constituents are and I are concerned and said I couldn't address them we start to
address it OK. This just for the record we do we do have in our packet several
e-mails that we have received throughout the course of the project since it's been
before us Miss Theresa would ham sent us an e-mail back. To ply
two twenty three twelve Mr Robert shaker also sent an e-mail back in
February of two thousand and twelve and there was various emails and correspondence
with the Pascals that we have in our in our packet. And I do see
that initially. John you had submitted this pride back in
April. General comments various comments regarding the project it was April twenty
sixth twenty twelve and there were general comments there were stormwater
management comments and polemic Mary Platt plans and Mr Curtis
you did respond in
a very lengthy. Memorandum addressing all of the concerns we have.
That the question and the answer John you obviously were able to review all the
answers and you satisfied with Mr Curtis responses to all the if you like all of
the questions or comments that you raised in April Oh yes all of our comments so
far have been addressed and then it looks like John that you did
a. Follow up dated July thirteenth. Two thousand and twelve
and it was just it was Miles subdivision
a policeman ery plat comments and I think it was one through
a leaven with those issues addressed as well oh yes OK.
Thank you. To the two to the satisfaction of yourself and the engineering
department Yes OK as I said whatever John's asked for as far as
ensuring goes we try to comply with everything he's asked for. Any
any further comments for Mr Curtis. What's the council's pleasure
obviously we have the. The pulmonary subdivision the plat that
was recommended to approval from the Planning Commission my understanding we don't
have
a timeline as far as our approval of the plant correct and we also need resolution
formally for that OK. To be
a legislative action can't do it by some motion pursuant to twelve thirty two and
there are
a few outstanding issues obviously if Piers that the easement will be addressed. By
tomorrow you know you'll have that OK your hands is that
a piece of document for your dress a lot of records that
a resolution from the floor from from the council itself the clerk to draft up
a formal resolution so that they can be voted on with the next meeting formally so
then this would then be voted on at the next meeting we could conceivably take
a suitably correct at our next council meeting. Which were actual discussed later
but what the date of that but yeah Nancy did you have any
any any further comments. You know looking. At why don't we
will prepare the resolution in the we're not going to that motion for
a resolution or not. Or will will prepare the resolution we'll have it at our next
council meeting and then I will see if councils are ready willing and able to we
can take action at our raw next meeting and it will there be anything back from the
Army Corps. Probably not but knowing you know it could be
a day trader Rhonda could be all right two week turnaround it just depends on who
gets it and what their schedule is. But you know I know that the injury
department I want to prove are for working drawings without directly final approval
from the Army Corps so we can even put the resolution and our drawings completely
to Mr Bush's satisfaction so I showed him that permit you couldn't issue our permit
. I mean we could pass
a resolution yes right without it OK All right we will hold this for our next
meeting we will have a draft of
a resolution and our next to Council me thank you and I think further you can if I
just may add if anybody has any questions between now and the next meeting Feel
free to give me
a call my office and it would be happy to answer any questions of any council
person or professional from the city has. And just for the record also this has
not only did it go through public works and obviously the Planning Commission also
came to the seeking public properties as well I believe. Yes and it has been
reviewed by all the safety forces as well as part of the plan. Thank you for your
time OK. Item number two. An application was received from eighteen T
four property located at seventy one thirty some sort of road for
a variance which was approved by the Planning Commission and also co-location of
three additional antennas and an existing C.I.
Transmission tower Planning Commission did recommend approval contingent upon
Council receiving the consultants report which is included in your package OK. We
do need to schedule this for
a public hearing. We can we will have
a schedule for the next consummate. A second I hooked up with Russo any further
discussion broke off Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes this is maybe just
a money yes yes yes it's true so yes. OK We're going to take
item three I'm going to now call item through
a. It's going to be pulled from the Planning Commission consent and added on to
the Planning Commission as per discussion we have at caucus if you want to
just. Go to the question about the ball Yeah it's to get right you know I would be
to
a no brainier one of the concerns was adding bollards to the front of the get go in
that there is no other. Gas stations in the city that have bollards and
there's just
a concern is to the type of development we're trying to have here in the center of
town in had bollards that I think the tracks from that so. That's
a comment there I know the representatives from Echo will be at the next meeting
and I think they can answer the reasons as to why. They feel it's important that
those bollards go up. You certainly can't just that I know part of their plan is
that they don't use curbing and that's one of the reasons why they want to use the
Pollards the only other thing I would ask even if that issue is held I know the
reason we picked the the three at
a planning commission was because those are ones that they would like to move
forward with because they asked to do its site plan. When they're laying out the
site for that year the air tank and are they are tire air pump station and then the
A C O two tank age there were several other items that planning did not approve of
it there was
a whole litany of them but those were the ones who are asking to move forward so I
guess what I would ask is if the council I don't know if the council has issues
with all three but if you didn't have issues with the first two maybe those could
be passed on and then hold it for the for the bollards if that's possible but if
you're not comfortable with any of them that then by all means just hold them all
but first it was just the. So I have no problem with the other two as long as
nobody else does I have no problem Tom can you can you keep if it if there's three
items can you keep two of the items under consent and just pull I don't know the
third the third item which will be the site plan modification regarding the
bollards so we can just keep that as. Planning Commission which I think really can
stand he took out
a consensus that was possible just repeat I could go OK it's true that the problem
for you just vote on the two mystery still has traction that we can just have them
here for the next me and. So do we need to make
a motion for each individual item Rakshas variances Yeah yeah I could just I could
just go to the regular like a ring like
a regular very well why don't we take the first variance
which is
a location variance to allow an accessory use outside of the main building for the
tire air pump station does anyone have an objection to that variance anyone have an
objection to that variance is anyone have an objection that variance OK That
variance will stand. And then the second one is location variance to
allow in excess reuse outside of the main building for C O two tank cage
along with
a contingency upon it being close with the same brick as the main building does
anyone have an objection to that variance with the continued see anyone have an
objection that variants anyone have an objection that variance OK those two
variances will stand and will keep the site plan modification for the next
meeting. OK brings us to our planning commission our consent I don't know for
an application was your C.
From Net perfectly for property look at we have three three five zero six zero and
four
a six foot sign set that variance which was approved by the. Item file. An
application which recently received from kids like instruments for property located
at two hundred eighty seven seventy five and eighty one five Aurora road for an
accessory use without
a principal use variance for sign and the Planning Commission approved. I don't six
an application going to see from Cypriani companies for marks located at sixty two
thirty one some Center Road four of building material variance building color
variance which were both approved by the Planning Commission and also planned
approval for building addition and facade alterations credit commission recommended
approval contingent upon submission of
a parking plan. I don't seven an application was received from Ashwani
idea for property located at seventy three thirty seven Bellary drive for
a two foot five inch height variance for a deck and
a three foot nine inch rear yard setback variance for the deck and Planning
Commission approved and I made an application was received from the briar Hill
homeowners association for briar Hill Lake for site plan modification for Dec
railing and the Planning Commission recommended approval. We have items up for
through eight your motion to approve. What's Russo on
destruction the second because Bell took
a roll call under suspension Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus just this is meaning Mr Green
your discipline is yes Mr Russo you have
a final pass Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes this is me yes Mr Rooney Yes this is
a plume this yes Mr Russo Yes OK I don't not. Ordinance number two thousand and
twelve one fifty imposing
a temporary moratorium on development of approximately two point five acres of
property located and
a war road this side of money for to the Planning Commission and the master plan
committee the Planning Commission recommended rezoning from the C.
Three a back to the zero one zero there. Rob he wanted to discuss that from
a thank you. Just explain it by showing
you me
a map. Scuse me again the voices go here. Back in two
thousand and eight there was
a rezoning to the property this giant evil property to
a new zoning classification which was C.
Three A. It included the giant evil side that you're aware of in this redeveloping
today and the property to the east of it on
a road which is two point five acres that area was never developed its just vacant
land the C three a zoning was put in place to LA for the redevelopment
a shopping center and allow for
a gas station as part of the part of the project. Subsequently in two thousand and
nine when his own changes Granted this is all owned by Perla Kaplan or some version
of that entity it was transferred to echo but only the portion that the giant eagle
property is on the Johnny will property the redeveloping the two point five acres
is now no longer part of that project in
a simply just vacant land it's now zoned commercial but which was formally zoned
office so this is gone to the master playing committee for recommendation and to
plan
a commission for recommendation both of those entities have recommended that it be
rezoned back to the original Office owning In the reasons are that the.
Conditions that led to the rezoning two thousand and eight no longer apply those
conditions were that this property was essential economically to make this
redevelopment work obviously that's not the case anymore because it's redevelop
without that property also the condition was that it would be under
a development agreement that had been negotiated with Perla Kaplan which no longer
exists so there's no development agreement on this property the other issue was
that the office own in which its office across the street if it was rezoned office
it would square up and from
a planning perspective you should have. Theoretically the same type of zoning on
both sides of the street then the final issue was that office is transitional it's
intended to be transitional between commercial and residential This is
a senior housing project here which is obviously residential and it was felt that
that was
a more appropriate transition to the to the senior housing zoning for those three
reasons that's why the Planning Commission and the national committee of both
recommended this be rezoned back office. Rob who owns this parcel So it's still
owned by per capita is isn't it Sam Solon technique Well I looked it up on Jackson
said per cap so I don't know OK. OK.
And we don't know the intentions at this point. They would like to develop it
commercially they'd like to develop it with a restaurant and you've had
a moratorium on this pretty much continually for for more than
a year it's gone through different for different reasons because when we found when
the city found that Pearl
a cap on wasn't going to develop and was selling the echo the previous development
agreement you negotiated didn't apply and then we find out as it moved along in got
a new development agreement that it didn't apply here so the moratorium was lifted
on the giant eagle but kept here. So and I have been contacted by different
restaurants that have been interested in developing that property All right so
the procedure is I guess we're going to need legislation at some juncture we're
going to schedule this for
a public hearing. Minute probably should go to two three readings if it's going to
be rezoned back. Or just you know least have some if we're going to comment
on it. OK so. At the very least we need to schedule lists for a for
a public hearing. Is there time limitation I wasn't planning that's what well I
mean you know you know it's the law director's always a time limitation on
a moratorium that we can make the moratorium for as long as we want but I certainly
you can't get on to the member about I would suggest if you want to rezone it that
you try to get on to the may bow have not made the made now OK not going to make
the November ballot I know. OK Well let's let's let's schedule
a public airing. A movie schedule for public airing at our next meeting.
In Motion to schedule the public airing for our next. Council meeting so this
technique this is our first this is the first reading as it. Were so we need so we
will need legislation right and that could be for the next meeting would be our
first reading then once we have the legislation So let's first take the motion for
scheduling for
a public hearing Roco Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes this is me yes Mr Rooney Yes Lewis
Yes Mr Issa Yes OK. I think we're going to need legislation so I think we need to.
Get that prepared. If we want it to be on our next agenda and that starts the
least we'll get it on first reading. Your motion I think we're going to have to
have
a motion to move to have legislation repaired to rezone this property from C three
a back to A one A second option by
a year comes from what he said about content reso any further discussion Roca Mr
Bell Yes Mr crowd yes this is me yes it's done yes this yes yes
OK thanks from. Ten. Correspondence was
received from the Cuyahoga County solid waste management district regarding
ratification of the solid waste management plan update site and will be considered
by the Public Works to me a bill that's
a tomorrow evening write let me describe this basically briefly if you could think
of every solid waste management just from the high I'll have to record revise and
update their solid waste management plan and then submit it to political all the
political subdivisions be voted upon card County is
a solid waste management district and they have a program they have prepared
a solid waste management plan update for the years two thousand and thirteen to two
thousand and twenty eight there's
a ninety day ratification period has be ratified by subdivision that represents
sixty percent of the population in CA the county and it will be discussed at public
works tomorrow night thank you I don't love it. First time it's regarding the
annual tax incentive Review Council report on Community Reinvestment area and
enterprise zone tax abatement agreements was received from. Miss Piggy door and.
Building during the tax incentive Review Council met on August fourteenth and this
is the recap of their findings and recommendations first they found its way to like
companies in compliance with its community re and Investment Act agreement in the
agreement should be continued into designing it was in compliance with its
enterprise on agreement including nondiscriminatory hiring practices and the
agreement should be continued and K.W.
Lay mechanical link was in compliance with its enterprise zone agreement including
nondiscriminatory hiring practices in the green expiration date of twelve thirty
one two thousand and ten was confirmed final abatement was received in two thousand
and eleven I'd like to make
a motion to accept the tax incentive review Council's findings and recommendations
a motion by Russo. That was consonant bell any further discussion on
eleven. OK Roekel Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes this is midi Yes Mr Money yes discipline
is yes Mr itself yes OK item eleven
a job creation Grant Program two thousand and eleven Annual Report was also
received. OK And. This is a summary of the two thousand and eleven
a new report the number of active agreements as of twelve thirty one two thousand
and eleven were two thousand and three. Number of grants paid based on the two
thousand and eleven performance were eighteen fifteen of the company's matter
exceeded payroll projections the amount of grants issued the gross amount was one
million fifty three thousand four hundred six dollars after subtracting out the
minoring fees in one thousand the total amount of grants issued was one million
forty four thousand four hundred six dollars. This job creation grant program
generated in two thousand and eleven new payroll tax of two million three hundred
eighty one thousand five hundred twenty six dollars and the net new payroll tax
after grants were paid what we netted out was one million three hundred thirty
seven thousand one hundred twenty dollars. We created under this program one
thousand eight hundred thirteen jobs and retained eight hundred fifty three and the
only recommendation that came out of this was that the.
Job creation grants for Stratus Wealth Management be recent.
To that and we can say. OK I don't want. For spandex was also
received Guarini Council's September seventh council meeting seventeenth the agenda
is incorrect. Nancy yes I'll make
a motion to reschedule the September seventeenth two thousand and twelve council
meeting to September nineteenth two thousand and twelve and caucus will be at
seven and the meeting will be at seven thirty motion to reschedule. Your council
mini segment come from Bell any further discussion Rocco Mr Bell Yes Mr
Crouch Yes this is many guests Mr Mooney Yes Mr Colonus Yes Mr yes we have one item
under new item thirteen. And it's number two thousand and twelve to twenty five and
ordinance authorizing the mayor to retain the services of Gary C.
Johnson Associates L.L.C.
To serve
a special legal counsel related to mediation in contract negotiations with the
International Association of Firefighters Local twenty seventy nine and declaring
an emergency of up yes to such
a situation has been requested by the mayor and it is to hire the services retain
the services of Gary C. Johnson associates to L.L.C.
To serve especially Bookout So really the mediation contract to go Sheesh and for
the local to see were seven night firefighters have the on the go she to build
rates are on the other side of the work. Everyone called to
move forward this evening. OK top of to offer passage under suspension that motion
for passage under suspension segue comes from Bell row caller suspension Mr Bell
Yes it's a Kraus Yes this is meaning yes it's a money yes it's
a plume is yes Mr yes final passage Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes This is meeting yes Mr
Money yes Mr Polonius Yes Mr So yes OK brings us to the consent agenda
item fourteen ordinance two thousand and twelve to twenty six an ordinance
rescinding the job create creation grant agreement with Stratus wealth Partners
L.L.C.
They were so yes the reason we're doing this recent assertion is because they did
not meet their seventy five percent of their job creation projections I have
fifteen ordered Stemberg two thousand and twelve to twenty seven and ordinance
amending the annual appropriations for salaries wages and other expenditures of the
city of Solon for the period of January first two thousand and twelve to December
thirty first two thousand and five film only today we've received about one hundred
thousand dollars in various grants for new radio equipment and power of these
grants don't cover such Xander equipment such as vehicle Chargers and spare
batteries this order ordinance modifies the new appropriations to provide the
twelve thousand eight hundred dollars we need to buy these extra exhibitor
equipment. About sixty.
Doing. Ordinance number two thousand and twelve to twenty eight and ordinance
accepting the bit of time or book ration for retaining while scuse me to be located
at three two zero zero five and three two zero five five thirty Bohn will read this
project is from an ordinance passed in two thousand and ten to build
a retaining wall in three two zero zero five and three three zero five five people
. This year the project made it to the recommended priority one engineering
department projects try Morse the lowest responsive and responsible that are in and
out of thirty eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars. Seventy or December two
thousand and twelve to twenty nine and ordinance accepting the bit of air in
landscaping it left ready for the paper and road restoration project Bob. This is
approved in our special Public Works Committee meeting earlier this evening and
this is in the amount of sixty four thousand nine hundred ninety five dollars for
restoration and this was the lowest investment or. Item eighteen
Hornets number two thousand and twelve two thirty and ordinance rescinding scuse me
ordinance number two thousand and twelve to twenty four which rejected bids
received for the Cleveland Clinic signal upgrade project and authorized finance
director to Riyadh for ties for bids clearing up since the morning Public Works
rejected the bid for this Cleveland Clinic signal upgrade project because it was
above the engineers estimate since then we've gone back to the engineers and they
asked why the rest of it wasn't higher they gave us
a detailed explanation on. Why there are items in this bid that wasn't in their
estimate that this bid is actually a reasonably good claim
a client is who is paying for all of this. We do the project management being the
pain for all the entire cost of this project they said they're comfortable with the
bed so we rejected originally We're now on rejecting it. I had one thousand
artists number two thousand and twelve to thirty one and organise accepting the bit
of New York cable company for the two thousand and eleven they were clinic signal
upgrade catching record to go along with the past consent item in two thousand and
eleven counts sole authorized
a development project construction agreement with Cleveland Clinic originally the
bits received were not within ten percent of the city's engineer original estimate
so the Public Works Committee had recommended and council rejected the bits but we
have received an expert report from T.M.S.
Engineers and finding the lowest bid to be fair there for at hundred fifty three
thousand one hundred two dollars and fifty cents Miller cable is the response of
been responsible. OK It brings us to the end of consented gender motioned to
approve the move. Or
a suspension just motion because when Russo second cousin Bell OK motion approved
under suspension. Broken Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus yes discipline
is yes let me. Yes give him what it is yes yes Mr
Polonius Yes Again Mr Russo Yes. Final passage Mr Bell Yes Mr Crowder
Yes this is me yes Mr Money yes Mr Polonius Yes Mr Yes All right brings us to the
end of our agenda brings us to comments from the audience any comments from the
audience. OK brings us to back to council about of
everyone had
a great holiday weekend and I have no other kept yes or no comments Reg
No comments this evening. No comments as even though I have
a quick ones. In the holiday weekends usually seems that people tend to move
out in leave
a lot of trash on the tree lines I know I had so conversation with Mr Putin here
this morning and then he said he was going to make some comments pursuant to this
because again this does seem to be the number one complaint from residents of
people taking trash out too early and not only taking it out to relieve the volume
of trash taken out when somebody is moving out of
a particular residence also keep violent I don't know if you'd like to wait until
safety to comment on the new cellphone state law or would you like to say something
tonight because I think that's one of the things that probably cannot be reinforced
often enough. So. I don't want to wait for safety OK All right not
a problem we will do that that OK I think I'm done. I don't have any comments
receiving. Exist two comments ministrations done with their thank you I do have
a few comments tonight tonight we did start the second class of the Citizens
Academy truth that's offered through our police department so I would like to think
Chief I along with again you know how your department continues your community
outreach at the program was extremely successful the first time you have
a large class again the second time and I believe it's in one week course in which
residents get to participate see what the police do they go to the morgue the
shooting range they drive a car. So they learn
a lot about da police activity so so their class did start again and so I know why
everyone will be keeping everybody up to date with that but again congratulations
to the police department for taking the initiative Secondly we have. The two
thousand and twelve city wide concrete replacement program has started today
there's been some saw cutting pavement in Somerset subdivision also there's going
to be excavation work for the project. It's scheduled to begin next Monday
September tenth and Canterbury where the entire length of the street will be
replaced one side at
a time other work on this project will include making multiple concrete pavement
repairs on Somerset blue heron clay thorn and some isolated repair work on White
Oak So just to give some people some heads up about some construction work that
will be happening. Also and September nineteenth at six o'clock P.M.
The city is hosting
a rain garden workshop where you're invited to come and learn about rain gardens
from our colleague who is our streets manager and also members from the Chagrin
River Watershed partners will also be available at that class space is limited and
you can contact the service department to register to be
a part of that program and the registration deadline is September fourteenth this
morning I had the honor of swearing in Lieutenant Gary nemesis as
a copy telling chief for our fire department the reason it was not
a public event is because Mr Nematt there's your children grow old and they all
move in different directions it's hard to get get everybody back here to share with
him in that honor so in a future meeting we will be having
a public swearing in where Mr out where all the telling in chief Namath can have
his family stand next to him for him to take the oath but congratulations to Gary
on his promotion and then finally to all those who celebrate just want to wish
everyone a happy rush Ana thank you. Tom to matters. For all
a constantly administration has been an ongoing issue that I've talked with Rob but
I've talked with John sometimes to your staff and these are matters that people
want to put structures fences Shad's rocks signs in right away the
essence and the good policy of government is not to do it in the right away or the
easements But there's the realities that everybody wants because they think the.
It's their property is their path and we simply have right away you know privileges
and every time we put something new right away or an easement it comes back and
Hans's I.E. a Shot Well sure enough to be
a flood or something like that and we have to go back there with
a tractor or fence that's taken down and it gets into
a lot of legal entanglements So we've had
a lot of policies lately to not approve them and many people in council I'm sure
you're going to get phone call so. You can contact us why they should be granted
only as an exception not as
a rule and it also is consistent with let's say even on easements your stormwater
management also says that you should have
a. You should restrict putting anything in those stormwater matters of the cemetery
easements whatever the reasons are and these easements are on the front of the road
side of life and that one and the problem is that they've been allowed for years
and also now are putting their foot down say No Certainly same way allowed it
before so it's going to be a little bit of
a difficulty as we go forward and I'm sure you're going to hear about it and will
attack them and. Review each case independently but I thought I'd make
a public second matters and request executive session for personnel and discipline
for all of council finance director myself and the mayor at
a time most convenient and then another matter just for litigation for
a short period there after. But in the same people including Mr Kennedy and all
those thank you. Carol I know. Jake.
Just very quickly based on the recent events in the news media in streets pro and
today in Bedford Heights I don't know if you had the opportunity to see the news.
There have been several bear sightings in Southeast Cuyahoga County and southeast
of there. They have been seen in Solan in the past and just to refresh everybody's
memory that a bear in and of itself is not considered a hazard by
a high Department of Natural Resources best course of action is to make sure
animals and children are safer inside and the burial will go away and you can
absolutely call us so that we can track where bears have been seen however our
response isn't necessary unless the bears an actual danger to
a person. The Bears are smart enough to figure out their way to go away actually
Ohio Department of Natural Resources is very happy that there are more bears
because they're attempting to get the population back up after it declined for many
many decades so we have
a bunch of juvenile bears in the area they may be seen moving through but as long
as you don't treat them by accident they generally find their way out and that's
just to keep everybody in the loop of what's been happening that's all you have to
do is like to pass on some Thanks first to counsel from on behalf of the
firefighters for providing the waiver so they could accomplish their muscular
dystrophy collections and then also thinking the citizens of the community for
making those donations I don't have
a particular number but anything we can do to help those stricken with an illness
is greatly appreciated I'm sure so thank you all. That is no comments tonight thank
you Robin. Don
a quick comment in response to what Councilman Russo brought up about the early
rubbish stops being put out and I guess the suggestion that I could give to
residents is that the the city provides one rubbish collection per week for
households the routes are listed on the city's website if someone puts someone
moves out and puts a stop out on
a day other than there were regular rubbish collection day there's
a lot of time to service department doesn't know about it we don't go back over
those routes we're moving our way Monday through Friday. But we do you know have
rules and regulations in place to. Prohibit that not put the garbage out early it
can only be put out the night prior to your regular collection day the night prior
so when it sits out there after
a regular pick up because you know potentially sit out there for four five six days
before it gets collected we are in the process of rewriting our rubbish ordinance
right now and there will be
a chapter in there that I'll be bringing forward to public works and council some
sample language to maybe give that
a little bit of. You know more leverage for us to enforce that policy as people put
them that garbage out early we had a we took some pictures today of
a couple of stops that was literally you know the whole tree line and unfortunately
those stops were put out on Thursday of last week we weren't notified about them so
they sat out there for the holiday weekend so we would just ask if unless special
arrangements have been made with the service department we would know about those
stops so if there are extenuating circumstances somebody is moving out they had
a flood or something like that feel free to call the service department we can make
special arrangements for the truck drop with that program to get some of those
items collected That's all yeah yeah. I know comments and scene maybe
OK. Right we do have
a need for executive session. Pending litigation and personnel of
the sort all discipline OK I would invite Mr Lowell be the mayor Mr Kennedy so
moved. Off with well. Taken by counsel Russo Rocha
Mr Bell Yes Mr Kraus Yes this is me Mr Money yes Mr Lewis Yes Mr yourself yes.
But I don't believe we will be taking action after the.